, 2008 1:01 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] Languages
Bjarne, I *never* make fun of anyone who speaks more than one language! but
I do get a chuckle out of the occasional malaprop. I only speak the one I
was born to and I admire anyone who can communicate in more than one
language
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT
I hope you won't kill me for this...but when I was studying in America
(at
the age of 12), most of my schoolmates made such terrible spelling
mistakes it's quite funny, but I was one of the few students who
managed to get an A in spelling:-D
Zuzana
Oh, knowing how bad I am at the only non-English language I'm even vaguely
able to communicate in (Italian), I'd agree about not making fun of any English
- as - second - language speaker! and they do say that English is one of
the hardest languages to learn, because it's so inconsistent.
There is a bad joke around campus here.
They call a person who knows two languages bilingual, what do they call
someone who only knows one language... American. :P
It is becoming a necessity here to learn Spanish because of the influx of
people settling in the area that are coming from the south
Bjarne, I *never* make fun of anyone who speaks more than one language! but
I do get a chuckle out of the occasional malaprop. I only speak the one I
was born to and I admire anyone who can communicate in more than one
language.
My mother speaks 4 fluently and can get along in two others. Her
of Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 6, 2008 1:01 PM
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] Languages
Bjarne, I *never* make fun of anyone who speaks more than one language! but
I do get a chuckle out of the occasional malaprop. I only speak the one I
was born to and I admire anyone
